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Most salary positions either offset the salary difference in a bump on base or they attach a bonus. Moving from hourly to salary was a choice and if you left money on the table that was on you.
Sorry to inform but that’s not really how it works
Salary has always been a scam where it benefits the employer and screws over the employee. Then companies go ahead and glorify it so it makes you feel somewhat better. After all, why shlouldn't people be compensated for every single minute of their time. Pro-tip make sure you negotiate straight-time overtime next time. That is what I did at my current job because my current company didn't offer it, but my previous one did. Otherwise being salary with no STO will incentivize employers to exploit you.
Big mistake switching to salary… now they got you by the you know what! Sorry
If you are on a salary and your employer does not pay you for overtime hours you’ve worked, it is generally not legal for them to pass those unpaid hours to a customer. If you actually have proof of such charges to the Client, consider using this insight to put you in a better position to renegotiate.
Take your time back when you’re not busy… realistically log your hours over 40 per week or what have you then let management know you’re overworked. Need to be a squeaky wheel in these situations
Pretty sure that is against the law.
Its not. Salaried exempt employees do not get the same protections by the labor law that non-exempt hourly workers get unfortunately.
Work 40 and leave. Warn your manager things are falling behind. It’s your job to work a solid 40, that’s it. It’s their job to make sure the work gets done.
I would imagine prior to switching to Salary you did not have Paid Holiday, Super, Sick Leave and Family Time (pregnancy etc) included.
On a Salary you do, so consider those idditions and then redo your numbers.
But certainly a Salaried position is - work a required. Get there 15 minutes before your normal start time and work until the job is done (more or less).
If you dropped a lot of income, considering what I just mentioned above, there is no harm in brining that up in a casual manner if your Manangers are a friendly bunch.
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You just have to set your own boundaries
Just say ir as you are saying right now
You should get information and orientation from the labor department.
I am salaried.. have been so for years.. I didn't mind working OT when I had a remote schedule as I figured the time not spent in traffic, gas etc., was a good trade off. However, when they made us RTO, I now have to strategize to beat the god awful LA traffic coming and going so they get 8 hours and no more... I am out of the door at the STROKE of 5pm and never bring work home. I don't answer emails, nada..
They took other things from us in the RTO which are too much to type but basically they want more and more, same pay and no work life balance so I make my own..
Depending on the laws of the state you're in, there's very little you can do. This exact thing happened to me in the mid-1980s. They don't want to pay you overtime, so they salary you and get more. To be fair, that company did give us 5% raises when we went salaried. This was before I got my engineering degree.
Was this a voluntary switch or did the company insist on switching you to salary/ I would never work salary for the very reason you are describing.
I've been in your situation. You have to determine a personal policy such as Family First, then work maybe a 3rd or 4th priority. Stick to it and let management that you are not 24x7. When I had to work "OT" without pay, I took my family out to dinner and submitted the bill to management. My family time comes at a cost to managers not managing the workload. Once then see that (or never) then will realize your time is not "free"..
This sounds like you are actually in a very strong position, you are a highly productive employee, that means you have value and therefore you have leverage.
Which country are you in and does your industry see significant ups and downs?
Three hours of extra work every day which is then charged to the client and not paid to you is 'very productive'. Though it might not be very sustainable for you or for the company.
Change of responsibility, ie more than 10 additional hours is being exploited and an increase in salary is warranted. Ask management to limit the added hours, or increase your salary.
I’ve just gone self employed.. fed up with all the company BS you get. Big companies can reward technical people small companies often don’t.. unfortunately it’s all too often about HR, sales, marketing and the Quality folks these days. I’m earning less but I’m the boss and it’s all about quality of life.. my last company are hurting without me but they didn’t want to pay me and they thot he’s told old to leave.. nah I wasn’t
Time to find something new lol